Mueller Doesnt Wrap News Today

Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Our colleague Kristen Welker there is still a steep hurdle to an interview with robert mueller. It would, quote, raise significant article ii questions going to the heart of president ial authority. Its not just about this president but about the presidency. Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani spokes with axios. They report, quote, there are two topics the president s lawyers want to rule out in order to agree to a t...

Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Election, that means the more careful you have to be in how overtly you investigate or charge someone who is going to be on the ballot in that election. First of all, donald trump, as far as i know, is not on the ballot in 2018. So this whole issue about them affecting the election is actually pretty tangential. Its not clear how much it applies. But mueller is so clearly cautious and observant of preceden...

Investigation. >> can you pause some aspects of it? >> you just dont want to do something overt. he can keep doing lots of stuff, its not like theyre going to close up shop come september 1st. giuliani is creating this deadline, september 1st, september 1st. if people buy into that, because who knows about this doj guidance, most people dont, and how it works, its very fact-based and nuanced, then come september 1st, if mueller doesnt wrap it up, giuliani can say hes blown the deadline. he makes...

Investigation. >> can you pause some aspects of it? >> you just dont want to do something overt. he can keep doing lots of stuff, its not like theyre going to close up shop come september 1st. giuliani is creating this deadline, september 1st, september 1st. if people buy into that, because who knows about this doj guidance, most people dont, and how it works, its very fact-based and nuanced, then come september 1st, if mueller doesnt wrap it up, giuliani can say hes blown the deadline. he makes...